Updated: 11/25/2013 5:56 pm EST
There have been plenty (click here) of fancy December covers, including Oprah's glam turn in Vera Wang for O magazine and Jessica Chastain glowing in marigold for Vogue. But our favorite so far is Ladies' Home Journal, which got its December cover in just under the wire. Its big star? Michelle Obama....
First Ladies have a difficult line to walk. No one is going to tell me she is not a feminist. I think she enjoys herself and her motherhood of her two daughters. I think she enjoys her marriage and if that means she is a feminist's nightmare, then too bad.
I remember when Bill Clinton was running for office. I remember reading about Hillary as First Lady of Arkansas. She was described as a Valkyrie. Could you imagine being the focus of such hate? I have a great deal of empathy for these ladies.
Hillary decided to tone down her looks so she was a little more dowdy and less spectacular. It was after she unwittingly made cookies her enemy.
These gals have a lot to worry about. They are the focus of a nation of women that seek to find the best of themselves in their activities, their personality and their importance. First Ladies are very important people and any American woman seek to be a part of a community, helpful and a great wife and mother if married. The First Ladies have to find a balance to those expectations. I happen to think First Lade Michelle Obama has struck the prefect balance.
Look, this lady went into the community where a young lady was in the line of fire. She stood with the parents and community as an example of bravery, autonomy and civility. She is not meek or mild, she is bold and brilliant.
She is a lady to be admired. I would like to admire her and uphold her dignity while she proves to a nation there are ways to be graceful while holding power within her grip.
